STUDY guide on Greek philosophy Flashcards
Hericlitus and his idea of constant change
Hericlitus was a pre Socratic philosopher and believed the only thing constant in life is change
Zeno and his paradox
Zeno was a Greek philosopher
Zeno’s paradox: contradiction; to go anywhere you have to first go halfway
Socrates and his Socratic method
Socrates: Greek philosopher
The Socratic method: a way of getting to the truth by asking repeated questions
Who was plato?
Plato was socrates’best student
What was Plato’s allegory the cave?
Socratic dialogue recorded by Plato
What was the realm of ideas?
The realm of ideas says that there is a perfect version of everything on Earth
What was Plato’s republic?
Plato’s Republic is a book and states that Society should be ruled by all wise philosopher Kings
Who was Aristotle
Aristotle was Plato’s student
What was Aristotle’s theories of substance and accidence?
Substance: the qualities that make something what it is
Accidence: a property of a thing which is not part of the essence of the thing
What was Aristotle’s first cause?
Every event is caused by something else and that was caused by something
Aristotle’s four causes
Material cause: what it’s made out of
Formal cause: what gives something it’s shape or design
Efficient cause: who or what made something
Final cause: what is it’s purpose?
BONUS
What does philosophy mean?
“LOVE OF WISDOM”
